I've always been really nationalistic, and I had a brother killed in Korea. And I think the 'Star Spangled Banner,' even today - and I've heard it a heckuva lot of times, OK - has always been a significant feeling to me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have had a great deal of interaction with Koreans and feel a fairly strong bond with Korea.
National partition is a sorrow that touches all Koreans, but for me it is brought to the fore by unimaginable personal suffering.
I am an enthusiastic European, and my first-hand experience of war and hatred has strengthened that conviction. I have seen how misguided unilateral nationalistic identities have brought destruction and death. I am, however, a world citizen, too.
I'm really not big on nationalism, to be honest with you. I really don't think it gets people anywhere except near a pile of dead bodies. I'm Irish, yeah, but I don't need to get up on a soapbox about it.
Definitely the Korean culture is very strong to me, and I grew up in Hawaii where Asian-Americans are the dominant culture, but I never thought of myself as the minority.
The first time I realised I was patriotic was after September 11th.
Music is not supposed to be nationalist. It is supposed to surpass language barriers. It is about generations communicating with each other.
I wake up every morning singing 'The Star-Spangled Banner.'
I'm happiest with people who've gotten furthest from traditional ideas of nationalism.
Being proud and being nationalistic are, for me, completely different things.